Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lozier Corporation, 5000 South Fwy, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76115
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee suffered a finger amputation while performing maintenance on an edge bander.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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